महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-21, verse-8

यज्ञमेके प्रशंसन्ति संन्यासमपरे जनाः ।
दानमेके प्रशंसन्ति केचिदेव प्रतिग्रहम् ।
केचित्सर्वं परित्यज्य तूष्णीं ध्यायन्त आसते ॥८॥

8. yajñameke praśaṁsanti saṁnyāsamapare janāḥ ,
dānameke praśaṁsanti kecideva pratigraham ,
kecitsarvaṁ parityajya tūṣṇīṁ dhyāyanta āsate.

8. yajñam eke praśaṃsanti saṃnyāsam
apare janāḥ dānam eke praśaṃsanti
kecit eva pratigraham kecit sarvam
parityajya tūṣṇīm dhyāyantaḥ āsate

8. eke yajñam praśaṃsanti apare janāḥ
saṃnyāsam eke dānam praśaṃsanti
kecit eva pratigraham kecit sarvam
parityajya tūṣṇīm dhyāyantaḥ āsate

8. Some praise Vedic ritual (yajña), while other people praise renunciation (saṃnyāsa). Some commend charity (dāna), and some indeed commend the acceptance of gifts (pratigraha). Still others, having abandoned everything, remain silently absorbed in meditation (dhyāna).

Words meanings summery:

• यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice, ritual (yajña)

• एके (eke) - some

• प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise, commend

• संन्यासम् (saṁnyāsam) - renunciation (saṃnyāsa), abandonment

• अपरे (apare) - others

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

• दानम् (dānam) - giving, charity (dāna), gift

• एके (eke) - some

• प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise, commend

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• प्रतिग्रहम् (pratigraham) - acceptance of gifts, receiving (pratigraha)

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having renounced

• तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently, quietly

• ध्यायन्तः (dhyāyantaḥ) - meditating, thinking (dhyāna)

• आसते (āsate) - they sit, they remain

Words meanings and morphology

यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice, ritual (yajña)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - sacrifice, ritual, worship, oblation

Derived from root yaj (to sacrifice, worship)

Root: yaj (class 1)

एके (eke) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of eka

eka - one, some, single

प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise, commend

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pra-śaṃs

Present Active Indicative

3rd person plural of √śaṃs (to praise) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

संन्यासम् (saṁnyāsam) - renunciation (saṃnyāsa), abandonment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃnyāsa

saṁnyāsa - renunciation, abandonment, asceticism

Derived from √as (to throw) with prefixes sam and ni

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: as (class 4)

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, distinct, subsequent

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, creature, mankind

Derived from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

दानम् (dānam) - giving, charity (dāna), gift

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - giving, gift, charity, liberality

Derived from root dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 1)

एके (eke) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of eka

eka - one, some, single

प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise, commend

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pra-śaṃs

Present Active Indicative

3rd person plural of √śaṃs (to praise) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, certain

Formed from interrogative pronoun ka and indeclinable cid

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

प्रतिग्रहम् (pratigraham) - acceptance of gifts, receiving (pratigraha)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pratigraha

pratigraha - acceptance of gifts, receiving, taking

Derived from root grah (to seize, take) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, certain

Formed from interrogative pronoun ka and indeclinable cid

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every, complete

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having renounced

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Derived from root tyaj (to abandon) with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently, quietly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form

ध्यायन्तः (dhyāyantaḥ) - meditating, thinking (dhyāna)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhyāyat

dhyāyat - meditating, contemplating, thinking

Present Active Participle

Derived from root dhyā (to meditate)

Root: dhyā (class 1)

आसते (āsate) - they sit, they remain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of ās

Present Middle Indicative

3rd person plural

Root: ās (class 2)